9 January 2018

Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops (ZCCB) president Archbishop Telesphore Mpundu says it is unacceptable for police in riot gear to barge into churches with teargas to disperse congregants instead of communicating with the leadership. And Archbishop Mpundu observed that some public servants have amassed unexplained wealth in huge proportions despite being in government for a...

Lusaka High Court judge Mwila Chitabo says there is a worrying trend in the Judiciary where lawyers are trying judges using the Judicial Complaints Commission (JCC) when court judgements don't favour them. And Chitabo, who is also session judge, demanded that the Chief Justice joins and heads the JCC. Meanwhile, Chief Justice Irene Mambilima says...

Delta Energy Zambia Limited and Nerias Investments have joined other companies that have made donations towards the fight against cholera. The two companies today donated assorted items worth K2 million to the Ministry of Health. Delta Energy Corporate Affairs Manager Bertha Kalongelwa said that the two companies were honoured to be part of the solution...

Irate Kafue residents who went to seek medical services at Nangongwe Out Patient Department Health Centre yesterday nearly clobbered a registry clerk who refused to attend to them because she suspected that one of the patients had stollen a memory card from her Samsung Phone. The Clerk whose names were withheld vowed not to attend...

UPND national Chairperson Mutale Nalumango says FDD leader Edith Nawakwi should not draw the party into her own agenda of who she likes or who she doesn't. Nalumango told News Diggers! in an interview that it was morally wrong for Nawakwi to jump on the PF-UPND dialogue when she was in hiding at the time...

Lusaka magistrate Nthandose Chabala has acquitted a UPND member who was accused of being behind the 'Free HH' graffiti at Government Complex. Mwanakatwe Sikasula was facing a charge of idle and disorderly conduct. Ruling on case to answer, Magistrate Chabala said the prosecution had failed to prove the case against him to warrant being put...

Agriculture Minister Dora Siliya says about 846,000 farmers have so far been captured out of the 1,000,000 targeted farmers on the Electronic Voucher System. Meanwhile, Siliya says over 55,000 hectors of land has been affected by army worms in Lusaka, Luapula and Eastern Provinces. At a press briefing at her office, Monday, Siliya said 84...

MMD president Nevers Mumba says no Zambian will believe the report given by ZAFFICO on the mukula trucks which were intercepted by PF youths because many questions surrounding the scandal have remained unanswered. In an interview, Mumba observed that the statement by ZAFFICO explaining the ownership of the intercepted mukula was not adding up, because...

Former MMD national secretary Major Richard Kachingwe says Central Province Minister Sydney Mushanga crossed his boundaries by ordering soldiers to beat traders who were resisting to vacate the markets on Thursday last week. Commenting to the chaos that ensued in Kabwe when marketeers refused to vacate their trading areas and pave way for a cleanup...

As we sat on the veranda having a New Year’s drink, Sara was in reflective mood. ‘I wonder,’ she said, ‘what exactly is the government’s thinking, bringing in the army to tackle to the cholera crisis?’ ‘Surely it’s obvious enough,’ said Mupeta. ‘the council has failed to clear up the garbage so they called on...

A 24-year-old City University medical student has appeared in the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court for possession of obscene photographs and cinematographs. Joel Sikaneta, a Kabwe resident, allegedly had in his possession obscene materials namely photographs and cinematographs which tend to corrupts morals. Sikaneta said he understood the charge after magistrate Felix Kaoma explained it to him,...

Economist Dr Lubinda Haabazoka says government's decision to sell Indeni will not benefit Zambians but will instead create jobs opportunities in other countries. And Dr Haabazoka says it was a myth for Energy Minister David Mabumba to assure the more 300 workers of the oil company that they would have their jobs even after the...